Thus saith the Lord: "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for on these things I delight." Jeremiah 9:23-24

"Oh to Grace how great a debtordaily I'm constrained to be.Let thy goodness, like a fetterbind my wandering heart to Thee!"

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

εἰλικρινής (Sincere)

I know I've touched on this in a previous post, but the Lord is really dealing with me on this topic. Here is the Greek word for sincere:

Here is a prayer out of the book The Vally of Visions (A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions) called Sincerity that deals with this topic perfectly. I pray, brothers and sisters, that we will not be afraid to examine the sincerity of our faith.

Elector of Saints,Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and callest to thyself.With thee is mercy, redemptions, assurance, forgiveness;Thou hast lifted me, a prisoner, out of the pit of sin and pronounced my discharge, not only in the courts of heaven, but in the dock of conscience; hast justified me by faith, given me peace with thee, made me to enjoy glorious liberty as thy child.Save me from the false hope of the hypocrite:May I never suppose I am in Christ unless I am a new creature, never think I am born of the Spirit unless I mind the things of the Spirit, never rest satisfied with professions of belief and outward forms and services, while my heart is not right with thee.May I judge my sincerity in religion by my fear to offend thee, my concern to know thy will, my willingness to deny myself.May nothing render me forgetful of thy glory, or turn me aside from thy commands, or shake my confidence in thy promises, or to offend thy children.Let not my temporal occupations injure my spiritual concerns, or the cares of life make me neglect the one thing needful.May I not be inattentive to the design of thy dealings with me, or insensible under thy rebukes, or immobile at thy calls.May I learn the holy art of abiding in thee, of being in the world and not of it, of making everything not only consistent with but conducive to my religion.

About Me

This blog was made for one reason: to bring glory to the Kingdom of God. In a world where the truth has been exchanged for a lie, I'm here to contend for Biblical truth and to get the word out about the one true Gospel of Jesus Christ. Nothing fancy, just a way to share beliefs on Biblical Christianity and to provide a sound source for people out there hungry for the truth, not just another vain and empty worldview.

In order for us to understand the Good News of the Gospel we must first understand the bad news: we are born separated from God and dead in our trespasses of sin. Anyone who has broken just ONE of God's laws is guilty and deserving of an eternal death. There is nothing that we can do to "help ourselves" out of this, it must take an act of God. It is Christ alone who rescues a sinner's heart and transforms it into a new one that desire's to know God, therefore it is Christ alone who gets the glory. This work of salvation is a gift from the Lord and comes by humbling yourself before Him and repenting of your sins and believing on Christ's substitution death on the cross. Those receiving God's free gift of grace are forgiven of their sins and are chosen to live a life here on earth as well as for all eternity with the Lord. WHAT GREAT NEWS! Unfortunatly many professing Christian's have taken on the name and have forgotten to "count the cost" of what it means to be a true follower of Christ. It is important that we search the scriptures to uncover the true Gospel so we can learn about the life of self-denial that we have been called to live.

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"A true recognition of God's sovereignty humbles as nothing else does or can humble, and brings the heart into lowly submission before God, causing us to relinquish our own self-will and making us delight in the perception and performance of the Divine will."-A.W. Pink

"We must be clothed with humility; for the proud in spirit are those that cannot bear to be trampled upon, but grow outrageous, and fret themselves, when they are hardly bestead. That will break a proud man's heart, which will not break a humble man's sleep. Mortify pride, therefore, and a lowly spirit will easily be reconciled to a low condition."
-Matthew Henry